persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
choices; alternatives; options
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
Home Ministry; Department of the Interior (US, etc.); Home Office (UK); Ministry of Home Affairs (Japan, pre-1947)
local economy; local financial affairs
internal or domestic affairs
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
Kanagaki Robun (1829-1894)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (orig. Japanese title)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)
Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
political thought; political philosophy; political idea; idea about politics
government; administration
moving tale; impressive tale
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
unexpected meeting; coincidence
Suehiro Tecchou (1849-1896)
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
ramble; saunter; walk; wander; stroll
English(-language) literature; British literature
essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
state of society; social conditions; order of the world